main break. crews are trying to fix it right now. we'll bring you more as we get it. storm team 4 helping you get the kids ready for school as we track the weather they'll see at the bus stop this morning. meteorologist chuck bell with the hour by hour forecast. >> beautiful weather for the upcoming day. the rains come to an end, the humidity is drying up. and we're keeping an eye on the tropics as well. weather front which caused the showers yesterday is now moving's of the i-95 -- east of the i-95 corridor and it will bring rain chances to the lower eastern shore this morning and not much of a rain threat. we'll be dry today. current temperatures in the 50s and 60s. so that's a nice way to get your tuesday morning started. hour by hour, up into the low 80s by noontime. 100% sunshine. more traffic troubles on the roads with melissa mollet. >> right now, an update on the problem we were talking about a couple of minutes away on the beltway. outer loop at georgia avenue, that incident on the shoulder. shouldn't slow you down too much

this morning. in upper marlboro, ritchie-marlboro road at the beltway, eastbound lanes are blocked because of the water main break. and wssc is out on the scene. 270 at old hundred road seeing a bit of volume headed southbound. when you look at the map, 270 looks yellow. but really moving, no major problems. 95 at 123, northbound and southbound rolling along nicely. travel times in ten minutes. >> thank you. many of you are going back to school this morning. it is the first day of school in prince george's county. >> yep. parents as you finish packing the lunches, a lot of new things to know about. news4's molette green is live at the bladensburg for us with school officials talking to them about the new changes. molette? >> reporter: absolutely. even without a big budget increase prince george's schools opened today with great expectations. 2,000 newly enrolled student, no

129,000 students, nearly 870 new teachers and six new literacy coaches to help the struggling students get ahead and get on track. we are outside one of two new international schools that will be focusing on recent immigrants and second generation students who are still learning to master the english language. joining me now is the new school's ceo, dr. kevin maxwell. he literally just drove up a couple of minutes ago. good morning. and welcome. thank you so much for joining us. >> oh, thank you for having me. it's a wonderful day. >> reporter: great expectations on the start of school. we are hearing about thomas close closing out of mt. rainier because of a water main break. >> yeah. with no water, there's no way we can have the kids there and wssc is saying the repairs will take a while. >> reporter: so you're opening schools with great expectations even though you're working

within a tighter budget. you wanted much more money to do a lot more, expanding pre-k, paying teachers more competitive salaries. tell me how you'll still do what you need to do within that budget. >> so we're asking for more on the budget. and that is, you know, partly because we want to be able to get the work accomplished more quickly than we'll do it without the investment in our education system. but i think, you know, with the work that we have identified in this strategic plan it's still work we can begin to implement. we won't have the -- you know, the extra prekindergarten classes or we won't be able to increase the salaries the way we would have liked to be more competitive. we won't add the literacy coaches, gifted specialists in elementary schools that we had wanted to do but that doesn't mean we're not committed to the work. i think we shifted our gears with professional development to make sure that people really understand what our expectations are. the high expectations you talked about.

and we have been saying, look, you know, there's no excuses and there's not any blame. we need to get the work done. >> reporter: all right. kevin maxwell, thank you so much. good luck on the start of a brand-new school year and a lot more teachers and students to deal with too. we're live here outside one of two new international schools here in the county. this one is the international school of langley park. housed temporarily in this location. we're live this morning. back to you. >> molette green, thank you. in honor of first day of school, prince george's county executive rushern baker will visit five county schools today. he'll tour largo high school at upper marlboro this morning. he'll wrap it aunt the culinary -- wrap it up in the culinary school in temple hills. and anne arundel county is all back in school today.

for every student in every school we want you to show us your scholars. be sure to send us your children's back to school photos and we'll put them on the nbc washington app. we'll include some here on tv. you can tweet at nbc washington. send us the photos on facebook or e-mail them to isee @nbc washington.com. right now, another terrible day for chinese markets which slid more than 7.5%. hitting a new low since 2014. now, some asian markets rebounded this with the exception of japan. the rebound a good sign for wall street where experts don't expect today to be as bad as yesterday when the dow dropped more than 500 points. right now, the dow, s&p, futures they're up more than 3% each. the white house is saying that the economic leaders are watching this closely. see what happens when the bell rings at 9:30 at the new york stock exchange. >> thank you. we're calling police working to find out what melted this metro access bus.

you can see it's smoldering on the side of the road. this is in silver spring on new hampshire avenue near the beltway. we'll let you know as soon as we find out more about what happened. police in montgomery county trying to figure out who vandalized more than 25 cars in northern potomac. it happened yesterday. if you were a victim but haven't reported it yet police want to hear in you. they want to hear from anybody who knows something about the damaged cars. 6:06. today leaders in maryland say they're working to end racial profiling by police. the maryland attorney general brian frosh is holding a news conference at 11:00 a.m. he'll announce a new standard for police investigations. we don't know the details of the plan right now. the announcement comes four months after freddie gray's death in baltimore police custody. six officers are facing charges for his death. another potential safety defect under investigation this morning. this time it impacts tens of

thousands of jeep suvs. the potential problem and why a recall has not been issued so far. and right now, our biggest problem on the roads in prince george's county, upper marlboro had an issue, ritchie-marlboro road at the beltway. full details coming up. but first, a developing story out west where more help is being brought in to contain the massive wildfires. how far they had to go to get more tr

the indycar driver hit in the head during the crash has died. justin wilson was 37 years old. pocono raceway officials say he was behind the initial crash on sunday when a piece of debris hit him and sent him into the wall. they say wilson died at the hospital last night. the last time an indycar driver died because of an accident on the track was in 2011.

a developing story now. the west coast is getting help to battle the fast moving wildfires in washington state. fire crews from australia and new zealand picked up their equipment in idaho yesterday. the overseas help will bolster the 32,000 firefighters already in the field. right now, washington state is dealing with 16 large wildfires. that cover more than 920 square miles. 6:11 or time right now. we are approaching sunrise, a cool 67 degrees outside our studios. easy to get off to school this morning. >> that's right. let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. good morning. >> good morning, yeah, the cooler, drier air moving in. temperature at national airport is down four degrees in the last couple of hours, so that's nice. a light breeze will keep a beautiful day in place. temperatures will be in the mid 60s through 7:00 a.m. mid to upper 70s by lunch time.

don't forget your sunglasses and your short sleeves but on the whole, a great day to be outside. more on tropical storm erica in ten minutes. for now, a new crash from first 4 traffic. >> b.w. parkway beltway at south 100. we see backups, showing a one mile backup. upper marlboro, ritchie-marlboro, lanes are blocked. as far as travel times looking good on 270 and the belt. top of the beltway, no problems. overall, prince george's looking good. 66 east, no major problems there. 95 north also rolling along. remember to listen to our fri d friends from wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car. not ready for the in school year, why hundreds of virginia kids could get an extended summer vacation. the summer break is over for thousands of children in prince george's county. the school buses are getting ready to hit the road to pick them up.

the work it takes to get them all to class on time. 6:13. stay with us

6:15. this morning, thousands of students headed back to school

today. prince george's county schools back in session. and some students will going -- are going to this brand new school in bladensburg. coming up, we'll talk to officer dr. kevin maxwell about the new school year. you have to watch for school buses on the roads today, there are a whole lot of them too. news4's kristin wright is live at the school bus lot in bowie where many are leaving right now. good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, guys. that's right. the buses are leaving right now. just one after the other. a steady stream of them. you can see the bus drivers headed to the buss this morning. the bus system in prince george's county is really important because more than 83,000 students here ride the school bus. that's most of the students in the county. 83,015 students ride the buses. 1,100 buses ride every morning. every afternoon in prince george's county.

most of those buses about 977 of them are equipped with security cameras. that's really, you know, added comfort to a lot of parents who want to make sure that children on the bus, they're doing what they're supposed to do. and they have added more of those cameras on school buses this year. it's really peace of mind for a lot of parents. more than 20 school buses, about 20 of them have the traffic cameras that make sure that drivers outside of the buses are doing what they're supposed to do now, we talked to the supervisor of this particular lot. this is one of 12 in the particular district here. we talked to the supervisor this morning and he explained to us that the bus drivers recently did some testruns, dry runs yesterday. two weeks ago to make sure that sure everything was on track. he said everything was smooth so they had their fingers crossed that everything runs smoothly today. so far, so good. the buses are leaving on time. back to you. >> kristin, thank you. counties in northern

virginia want to make sure that students are safe when they head back to school next week. groups from loudoun and fairfax counties are holding a transportation safety event in a few hours. they'll talk about best practices around pedestrians and bicycles. 2,000 school aged children are killed in traffic crashes every year. 6:18. looks like some students in stafford county have to wait to go back to school. crews were not able to move into the new building over the weekend. that means that classes will start september 14th, and not the 8th. another deadline hits this friday. we'll keep you post. nbc4's backpack for kids five is a day away. you can come out to tomorrow. this thursday, watch news4 to

donate to our phone banks starting at 11:00 a.m. this just in to the live desk out of zimbabwe. a lion killed a safari guide. it happened as the guide was tracking wildlife in a game reserve. this is the same park that was home to the beloved cecil the lion who was killed outside the park by an american dentist last month. the lion that killed the guide was also collared. being monitored for an oxford university study. 6:19 now. brand-new details about a fight in northwest washington. police detectives say a man died after an attack on fairmont street last saturday. this happened a block away from howard university. 35-year-old edo fell and hit his head. he died the next day. d.c. police say they caught the suspect who robbed a man in

a wheelchair. it was all caught on surveillance video in a store on wheeler road. police say in this video 47-year-old earl matthews forcefully takes something from a wheelchair bound man. officers arrested matthews on sunday and charged him with robbery. a prince george's county woman is accused of intentionally running her husband over with her husband. 37-year-old araceli alvarez-mendoza is charged with murder. police say she was arguing with her husband fernando fragoso-duana sunday afternoon when he walked out of the house. according to police she followed him in her suv and ran him over. he became pinned underneath the car and died. alvarez-mendoza is being held without bond. a park police officer is going to be okay after crashing his motorcycle. you see the video here that officer had to be airlifted to the hospital after the crash yesterday. the medical helicopter you see there landed right on the 14th street bridge. the officer crashed into a jeep on 395 around 6:30 last night.

he has a broken collarbone. so you know it's not a good thing when your car rolls away after you put it in park but this is happening to hundreds of thousands of grand cherokees. that's according to jeep. the company is looking at the suvs from the 2014 and 2015 model year. the national highway traffic administration says it caused five crashes. at this point, jeep is not recalling any of the suvs. a new survey shows americans are really sick of recalls. the american consumer satisfaction index said that's the main reason that overall satisfaction in cars and trucks dropped for the third straight year in a row. right now, it's at the lowest level in more than a decade. the only two companies to see their scores go up -- acura and bmw. it considered responses from 4,300 people. such a rush to crank out new, better, faster, fancier, just get it right.

get the simple stuff right the first time. and people will be happy. >> there you go. now, that's the kind of formula we use for the weather. right? >> get it right the first time. >> well, that's what we do -- why we do weather every ten minutes. we're bound to get it right at least once. nice day today. the humidity getting blown out of here by a northwesterly wind. we get to enjoy early september preview weather for the next couple of days. but early september also typically the peak of hurricane season. and a new storm was born last night in the central atlantic. this is tropical storm erica. still a long ways away from a big land mass. there's the track over the next five days. here's sunday morning, early. probably over the bahamas here, but it's showing the curvature. so we'll watch this very, very carefully. no threat to the mid-atlantic until probably tuesday, wednesday, thursday of next week at the earliest.

if it comes this way. we'll hope for the re-curve back out to sea. that may be a concern you have to deal with. for us, nothing to worry about in our local weather the next couple of days. 57 now in winchester, 55 in luray. 59 in frederick. that's the leading edge of the cooler and drier air coming in. 74 in st. mary's county. you're waiting on the front to go through there. still going out for your run this morning, leftover puddles to be jumped over. but otherwise, great running weather. temperatures staying in the 70s through at least 10:00 this morning. rising only into the low and mid 80s. the sticky air we had outside late tonight and early this morning, that's going away. we'll be left with pleasant low humidity days. lows today, low to mid 80s and 87 in fredericksburg. here's your seven day forecast. today, 86. tomorrow and thursday both 85 with temperatures 50's in the coolest suburbs and 60s in town.

as we head into saturday and sunday, warmer, back up close to 90. only real chance for a shower is sunday afternoon. starting to slow down on the b.w. parkway now. b.w. parkway traffic update with melissa. >> not looking so hot right now. southbound, b.w. parkway as you approach 100, a crash there at 100. a two-mile backup this morning. if you want to take 95, it looks fine this time. ritchie-marlboro, the eastbound and the westbound lane blocked because of a water main break. 50 westbound at 66, left lane blocked because of a disabled vehicle. 66 now east of sudley road, you can see volume, about 40 miles per hour. the inner loop at colesville, a disabled vehicle. see you at 6:31. since people are hurt after this bus rammed into a building.

one witness says the apartment building in queens, new york, crumbled in and caved in on impact. jaws of life were used to pull out the driver. the bus driver swerved to avoid hitting a car and hit the building. today you can learn more about how new orleans will prepare itself for a disaster. today the city is releasing its resiliency report. that report comes as that city marks ten years after hurricane katrina. it aims to identify the city's priorities and prepare for another devastating event like katrina. more than 1,800 people died in the hurricane and the flooding that followed. in "news4 your health" now, a series of new studies could eliminate flu shots all together. a california company is developing a pill based vaccine for the flu. in the first phase of the study more than half of the small pool of volunteers built up enough antibodies to be considered protected against flu. but these pills still have a long trial period before hitting

pharmacy shelves. well, apparently, cryotherapy is the hot new trend out there. the treatment involves blasting freezing nitrogen on you inside a cold chamber. 200 degrees below zero. cryotherapy claims to provide everything from muscle inflammation relief to skin tightening and weight loss. the catch it's not cheap. never is. you have to pay $50 to $100 to spend three minutes in one of the chambers. the chamber itself can cost up to $50,000. >> you have to weigh the cost benefit there. if you believe there's a real benefit. >> to being super, super cold. how much benefit? >> tightens your skin and sucks out the fat. freezes it off, i guess. starting the school year off on a bad note. the punishment being handed down for a fraternity in virginia after the controversial greeting signs went up. and a live look in the harbor, the rain has cleared out this morning.

storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell has your bus stop forecast at 6:41. the uptick in violence in d.c. is forcing one metrobus to take a different route. coming up, how this could affect

i'm angie goff at the live desk with breaking news for parents in prince george's county. we got word that thomas stone elementary school which is locate in mount rainier, maryland, is closed because of a water main break. now, at this time we know that school starts at 7:45, so people may be headed that way. but school is closed for the day. we have made calls to wssc to find out about the exact location of this break, how big it is. and overall, its impact on the customers in the area. >> thanks for that update. most kids in prince george's county are probably rolling out of bed right now. wiping the sleep from their eyes and getting ready for first day of school. >> yeah, storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is tracking what they'll see at the

bus stop. >> good day to go back to school, perfect day for learning. sunshine outside the window. it will be outside, recess weather for sure. there's the clearing skies as we look eastbound towards sunrise. there's the rising sun right there. still some clouds in our eastern horizon, but clearing skies back out to the west. no weather related slowdowns of any kind, morning, afternoon or evening for today. current temperature are in the low to mid 60s. 61 in gaithersburg. 64 at dulles and sterling. 64 leesburg. 69 now in washington. bus stop weather a mild start. temperatures will be climbing into the upper 60s to near 70 for the morning bus stops. into the mid 80s when you're coming home from work and school. gorgeous day. highs near 85. but oh, the weather is so nice, it's nice enough to sit in traffic. >> enjoy it. not at all. just kidding. >> open the sunroof and enjoy. >> well, if you. if you can stomach it.

b.w. parkway at 100, still a backup there. 66 into town, 95, volume light. beltway at van dorn street is rolling along nice. through clarksburg, a little slow. we have debris on the roadway but sounds like it's cleared. ritchie-marlboro road at the beltway, two eastbound lanes are blocked and one westbound lane. >> thank you. it's 6:32. right now, metro is changing one of its bus routes after someone shot at a bus. we are learning that metro has imposed a seven day detour off of elvans road southeast. meagan fitzgerald is at the anacostia metro station with more on this. when does this kick in, meagan? >> reporter: well, aaron it took effect yesterday and lasts until monday. starting at 7:00 p.m., the metrobus will skip the elvans bus stop. this is because of the recent increase of violence around the bus stop. you may recall on friday night,

police responded to the 2400 block of elvans road for a shooting. investigators say a suspect opened fire on a man riding the metrobus. investigators say the victim was targeted. he was taken to the hospital and is said to be okay. but metro says this is just one of many incidents of violence that has taken place in and around that bus stop. now in addition to the w-8 after 7:00 p.m., skipping the elvans road stop there. metro says that they have increased patrols for metro pd in addition to mpd as well. >> meagan fitzgerald, thank you. 6:33. we are hearing the 911 calls from an intense violent robbery in gaithersburg. an attempted robbery ended with two elderly cleaning store employees shot. take a listen. >> montgomery county 911. what is the address of the emergency? >> i have been shot. >> sir, i'm sorry, you have been shot? >> yes. yes. a guy come through the door.

shot -- shot through the glass door. he shot me. i think i have been hit in the hand and the leg. >> montgomery county police say two men shot those employees last november. one was convicted of attempted murder last week. prosecutors say a key witness came from the hospital to testify after she had a stroke. police are looking for one other man right now. kervon noel. he told the shooters that the cleaning company had tens of thousands of dollars of cash on hand. two children saw a man shoot his brother. this morning the suspect is in custody. officers think the victim will survive. you can see here chopper 4 flew over the townhouse complex yesterday afternoon. neighbors told news4 they were alarmed to hear gunshots and see officers on their streets, guns drawn. police say the suspect shot his brother three times. 6:34.

it's time to head back to school for some students. prince george's county back in session today. you're looking at one of two new schools for the county this year. this is annapolis road academy in bladensburg. coming up, we will talk with the president about the new school year. you can download a new app to help you keep safe. the you ask app was created to stop rapes on campus. it provides a panic button. resources and information for victims. mary cheh and several city agents are holding a kickoff event later this morning. well, parents in maryland in one community there may feel safer this school year. extra security will be added at some school events in frederick county. >> school officials have reached an agreement with the police union over security at frederick high school and governor thomas johnson. >> two students were injured at a shooting back in february. police will be at sporting

events through 2017. when the pope visits next month you may have a tough time lying your eyes on him. tickets are very limited. according to the washington archdiocese, the basilica of the national shrine of the immaculate conception only holds 25,000 people. it will be streamed online. the pope's address to congress will be broadcast live on the national mall. two previous popes to visit d.c. attracted crowds of at least 50,000. ♪ this choir will perform for the holy father when he visits next month. they let us in for a sneak peek at the rehearsal at st. mark evangelist yesterday. right now we're watching the global markets as nervous investors watch for concerns they're stabilizing after days

of dramatic losses. what we're seeing in asia and what you should be doing to make sure your 401(k) is protected. a three mile backup right now on b.w. parkway and a problem in upper marlboro. details on both of those things coming up. but first, a virginia university not amused by this fraternity's welcome back signs. the punishment they face for th

you're watching "news4 today." >> several fraternity brothers are in big trouble. their so-called welcome to new students was aggressive some say. check this out. you can see why some people are upset with sigma nu at old dominion university in norfolk. over the weekend, swung hung three sexually suggestive

banners from a home where some of the members live. sigma nu suspended all activities on monday. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. a lot of kids are headed back to school. you have to watch out for them on the streets and slow down. >> absolutely. weather and traffic on the 1s with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. >> all right. good morning, everybody. beautiful weather on the way for today. there's the sun in our eastern sky right now. skies are clearing out. no weather related slowdowns of any kind coming our way for today. current temperatures are in the 50s in the shenandoah valley. low to mid 60ss, upper 60s to near 70 in town and along the bay. here's your sky for today. a blue sky kind of an afternoon today. temperatures will climb from the 60s now into the mid 80s by later this afternoon. melissa? >> breaking news right now. b.w. parkway southbound at route 100, a three mile backup at this point. stay right, to get past this accident. ritchie-marlboro road at the

beltway in upper marlboro, two eastbound lanes are blocked because of the water main break. wssc is trying to get that fixed. 66 inbound, no problems. 95 north looking good. remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103.5 f.m. when you hop in your car. 270 south, we are slow from germantown down to the beltway. an extra ten minutes right now. outer loop at 95 to 270, an extra five or six. see you in a few. >> thank you. we have breaking news right now that could keep your kids home from school. the problem that's a forcing a prince george's county school to remain closed on the first day of class. but school is open everywhere else in the county. i'm molette green live in bladensburg. less than 30 minutes away from students arriving at the brand-new international high school behind me.

right now 6:45. kids across prince george's county rolling out of bed to get ready for the first day of school. >> it's one of the stories we are working on right now to get you up to the minute, the minute you're up. let's start with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and your forecast. good morning. >> good morning. rain and thunderstorms late yesterday are out of the area. the rain chances are going away. as the cold front slides down across parts of southern maryland. so the rain is over for now. really for most of the remainder of the week ahead. humidity drying up as well. but we're keeping an eye on an

eye on the new tropical storm, tropical storm erika. and big problem, b.w. parkway at old 100. you have to stay right to get past the accident there. a three mile backup and building and then again in upper marlboro, everybody headed back to school this morning. right there at the beltway, ritchie-marlboro road, two eastbound lanes are blocked, one westbound. it's the first day in prince george's county. >> parents, your students will probably have at least one new teacher this year. news4's molette green is live in bladensburg with changes ahead for the school year. good morning, molette. >> reporter: hey, good morning. well, we're about 15 minutes away from students arriving here at the new language high school of langley park. this is focusing on teaching students who are learning english, still trying to master the english language here.

prince george's county schools opened with great expectations. 2,000 newly enrolled students bringing the pupil count to about 129,000. nearly 870 new teachers hired to go to work and teach these youngsters. joining me now is theresa mitchell dudley, the principal of the education association. good morning, thank you for joining us. >> good morning. >> let's talk about the teachers' expectations. i know dr. maxwell, the ceo, wanted to be able to offer more competitive salaries. tell me how your teachers are taking on this new year. >> well, we're going to take on this new year like we do every year. in front of children, sharing instructions. my teachers are excited to be back here. despite what goes on above us, the teachers here are gladiators and they're ready to get in there and work and be passionate about teaching our children. >> thank you so much. we appreciate your time morning.

six new literacy coaches are going to help the students in the system who are struggling with their reading skills. that's one of the compromises dr. maxwell wanted to put a literacy coach into every middle and high school. but because of the budget constraints, he's had to compromise on that aspect. we're live this morning. the ribbon cutting will be at 7:30 this morning. we'll be here for all of that and bring you more later today. back to you. >> thanks, molette. in honor of first day of school, rushern baker will visit five schools. he'll tour largo high school at 9:30 and then wrap up the day at cross land high school's culinary arts program. and summer is over today for students in calvert county. the rest of anne arundel county schools are also back in session today. only first through sixth grade went back to school yesterday. of course, don't forget to take a picture of your child before they get on the bus and then

show us your scholars via twitter, facebook or e-mail. we have seen some great pictures, keep them coming. e-mail us at isee@nbcwashington.com. 6:49. decision 2016, the question on a lot of people's minds is whether vice president bide listen make a run for the white house. he met with progressive favorite elizabeth warren and president obama within the last week. meanwhile, hillary clinton is set to head to iowa to campaign. nbc's peter alexander has more on what this means. >> reporter: good morning. aides here at the white house have said that the vice president joe biden has earned the time and space that he needs to make a decision about a white house run. and now a senior democratic source is telling cnn that president obama gave biden his blessing at the weekly lunch yesterday for biden to run. the spokesperson for biden said people are speculating about something they don't know about. as the lunch was taking place

still, josh earnest was reminding the press corps that the president believes choosing biden was as his running mate was the quote, smartest decision he's ever made in politics. earnest said that the president -- president obama, won't necessarily rule out endorsing a candidate in the democratic primary. meanwhile, biden said to be hosting major democratic fund-raisers at the residence after labor day. he has long said he'll make a decision by the end of summer. that's not necessarily labor day. the official end is september 23. back to you. >> still some time. peter alexander, thank you. 6:50 right now. today, leaders in maryland announcing a new plan to end racial profiling by police. maryland's attorney general brian frosh holding a news conference at 11:00 a.m. now we don't know the exact details of the plan right now. the announcement comes four months after freddie gray's death in baltimore police custody and six officers are facing charges. police are looking for a man

accused of a sex assault in northwest. he may be aer ber driver. the attack happened around grant circle in the petworth neighborhood. former virginia governor bob mcdonnell may not have to go to prison for a while. a ruling from the u.s. supreme court will keep him free for now. mcdonnell was found guilty of 11 counts of corruption last year. he is appealing to the supreme court and chief justice john roberts issued an order saying that he will not have to report to prison this sunday. this effectively ensures that mcdonnell will be free while the court decides whether to take up his case. right now, we are watching global markets for signs that stocks are finally stabilizing after days of heavy losses. the dow took a huge hit yesterday. cnbc's landon dowdy here with what investors can expect in the day ahead. >> hey, there, aaron, good morning. we saw a shocking day yesterday,

but today u.s. stock futures are pointing to the rebound on the heels of one of the most volatile days in years on wall street. the dow plunged 1100 points within the first few minutes of trading, following a rout on the asian markets. japan fell 4% amid continued concerns over china's economy. china's government is stemming the losses in the stock market. europe is in positive territory across the board this morning. oil prices which tell to their lowest level are bouncing higher today. as for what investors may look to trade on today there is some economic data out this morning including reports on home prices, new home sales and consumer confidence. aaron, back to you. >> landon dowdy at cnbc, thank you. breaking news on the roads right now. b.w. parkway southbound at 100,

we have a 3 1/2 mile backup. you have to again stay right to get past the crash. in upper marlboro, lots of folks in prince george's county going back to school, we have this problem, ritchie-marlboro lane, two lanes are blocked, and i spoke with wssc and they're trying to fix that water main break. and 295 southbound at benning road, a disabled vehicle is slowing things down a bit the here this morning. 66 overall, going about 45 miles per hour. the entire way in. 95 does not look bad in virginia. in silver spring, randolph road a brand-new crash there. 270 at old hundred looking good. top of 270 a bit of volume. sunrise has rapped and -- has happened and there's the washington cathedral and the

capitol. north winds at eight miles per hour means that the leftover puddles will be gone by about lunch time. full sunshine this afternoon. humidity levels going down with each passing hour today. as the cooler, drier air arrives in the region. still 73 at pawtuxet river air naval station, but 59 in winchester. hourly temperatures 72 by noon. 80 at 11:00. highs into the mid 80s across most of the area. 86 downtown. 83 your high in annapolis. on the whole, nothing to worry about for today. also going to be a good night for baseball. the nationals and padres, first pitch at 7:05. clear skies, no weather worries whatsoever at the baseball game tonight. future weather keeps us in the sunshine all through the remainder of the day today. a clear and cool start again for tomorrow morning. then tomorrow more sunshine. that's exactly what everybody wants to hear. going to the beach this weekend? never too early to start worrying about the weekend. oh, what a nice one it will be.

full sunshine, temperatures in the low 80s. we are keeping an eye on tropical storm erika, could be a hurricane by the sunday/monday time frame well off the southeast tip of florida. we'll keep a close eye on that over the coming days. here's the seven day forecast, no rain at all in the forecast until probably sunday afternoon at the earliest. staying about average through most of the week and then getting more warmer and humid for the weekend. i'm angie goff at the live desk with breaking news out of prince george's county. some kids cannot go to school today and that is because thomas stone elementary school is closed because of a water main break. this is at 4500 34th street in mt. rainier. wssc is not giving up a timetable for when it will be fixed. if you want to stay up to speed on the very latest, follow us on twitter at nbc washington. back to you. thank you. new this morning, look at the

new video of a smoldering melted metro access bus. this happened in silver spring on new hampshire avenue near the beltway. we're calling police to find out how this happened. we'll let you know as soon as we find out more information. it's now 6:56. here are 4 things to know before you head out the door. investors are bracing for what's ahead on wall street after a day of dramatic ups and downs. look for a live update in a few minutes on "today." indycar driver justin wilson has died after debris from the crash hit him in the head. pocono raceway officials say he crashed into a wall. brian frosh is holding a news conference and announcing a new plan to end racial profiling by police. back to school for students in prince george's, calvert and anne arundel counties. sunshine today and the rest of the week, all the way through friday. next little chance of a shower is on sunday. highs up near 90 then. take a look at 100, had the

crash, now a three mile backup, you have to stay right to get around this. take 95 instead. ritchie-marlboro road, still have that problem. because of the road work and yes, wssc said that there's a water main break. two eastbound lanes shut down. one westbound. >> thank you. that's the broadcast this morning. >> the "today" show is next. back in 25 minutes with weather, traffic, any breaking news. until then, have a great day. >> make it a great tuesday.

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